HEASLIP— MACKLIN.— On the 4th May 1921 at Rose Park, by the Rev. Dr. Davidson, Garnet M., fourth son of the late Robert Heaslip, of Crystal Brook, to Bessie (late A.A.N.S.).youngest daughter of the late John Macklin, Adelaide.

MACROW, Clara Zoe

NurseVoluntary Aid Detachment

Born 1888 in Kew Vic.Daughter of William MACROW and Clara Rachel nee SHIELD

In Her Opinion.Miss ZoeMacrow writes from London that she is more than ever amazed at the wonders of that city. She says that war time conditions make it more attractive. Nevertheless she intends to return home soon to, resume her war work here.

Graphic of Australia Friday 28 July 1916 page 13

News comes by this mail that Miss ZoeMacrow, who went touring through America and England with her father, on account of his health, is remaining in London, nursing at a military hospital. Whilst there they were fortunate enough to see Lieut. Macrow, who had five days leave from France.

MAHONEY, Mary Agnes

SisterAANS

Born 22 April 1890 at Latrobe, TasmaniaDaughter of Cornelius MAHONEYOf Fairy Mount French St, Launceston, TasmaniaEducated Fitzroy High SchoolOccupation prior to enlisting NurseEnlisted 11 December 1916 at Fremantle, WAEmbarked 18 December 1916 from Fremantle per ‘Kaiser I Hind’Aged 28 yearsServed in Egypt, Port Said and CairoMarried Major Edward Theodore PASCOE on 25 March 1919 at the British Consulate CairoAppointment terminated at own request on 25 March 1919Returned to Australia 10 November 1919In 1923 living in Waikerie, South AustraliaFamily of 3 children (2 boys and 1 girl)Died 03 January 1963 at St Clare Private Hospital, Hyde Park, SACause of death Cerebral Thrombosis (10 days)Resided 11 Ningana Avenue, Kings Park, SAAged 72 yearsBuried Centennial Park Cemetery Acacia A Path AJ Grave 492

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MAHONEY, Nora Evelyn

Staff NurseAANS

Born Latrobe, TasmaniaDaughter of Michael Timothy MAHONEY and Mary nee LEONiece of Mrs. N DWYEROf 24 Brisbane Street, Launceston, TasmaniaOccupation prior to enlistment NurseEnlisted 15 September 1915 at Melbourne Vic.Embarked 28 September 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Karmarla’ Aged 28 years Served in Bombay, India Gerard Freemont Thomas Hospital & 34th Welsh General Hospital Resigned on account of marriage: Married Commander Haldane HICKS Appointment Terminated 2 June 1919 at own request Returned to Australia 27 December 1919 per ‘Medic’ Died 15 April 1952 at Winchester England

Tasmania Weekly Courier 11 January 1917 Insert 4

OBITUARYMrs. Haldane HicksMrs. Haldane Hicks, who died at Winchester, England,on April 15, was a former Tasmanian, and member of the Australian nursing service.Mrs. Haldane Hicks was Sister Nora Evelyn Mahoney,of the Devon Hospital, Latrobe, where she was well known to many. At the out-break of the 1914-1918 war Sister Mahoney joined the Army Nursing Service, and was posted to Bombay, India, where she was in charge of surgical nursing at the Military Hospital until the end of the war.While in India she married Commander Haldane Hicks,R.N. When illness resulting from war service necessitated her husband's retirement from the Navy, they lived for some time in West Africa. Leaving there at the beginning of World War II, they made their home at Golden Common, Winchester, England.Deceased is survived by sisters, Mary (Mrs. Lewis. Melbourne) Veronica (Mrs Medwin. Wynyard): and brother (Timothy, New Zealand), One brother, Patrick, predeceased her.

Advocate Saturday 03 May 1952 page 4

MAJOR, Elsie Christina

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1892 at Redfern, Sydney, NSWDaughter of Robert MAJOR and Isabella Christina nee LOUDONOf 82 Botany St., Waterloo, NSWEnlisted 11 May 1917Aged 25 yearsEmbarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per 'Mooltan'Served in SalonikaMentioned in despatchesReturned to Australia 03 October 1919 per 'Ceramic'Appointment terminated 02 November 1919Married Captain Humphry EVATT MC in 1923 in NSWResided Nyngan, NSW in 1929 when husband died suddenlyRemarriedDied 1977 in Sydney, NSW Aged 85 years

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MAKEHAM, Emily Katherine Rachel

Quarter MasterAustralian Red Cross

Born 1869 in London, EnglandDaughter of Christopher and Emily SANDSEducated London, EnglandMarried Chaplain Edward MAKEHAM 21 April 1892Embarked from Fremantle 10 May 1915Arrived in Egypt 01 June 1915Posted to 1st A.G.H. Heliopolis the to England in July 1916Posted to Wandsworth 3rd London General Hospital and then to the Kitchener Hospital and finally to Mile end HospitalDischarged 11 November 1919

Australia's Fighting Sons of The Empire

MALCOLM, Edith Eileen

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1891 in Hamilton, Vic.Daughter of Henry Charles MALCOLM and Mary Jane nee BLYTH Of Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting NurseTrained 3 years Alfred Hospital Enlisted 4 May 1917 Embarked 17 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’ Aged 26 years Served in Salonika Illness Invalided to Australia: 3 October 1918 per ‘Wiltshire’Discharged as medically unfit 23 January 1919Married Ralph Bodkin KELLEY - Captain with Australian Army Veterinary CorpsDied 1971 in Qld.

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MALCOLM, Margaret

Staff NurseAANS

Trained at Adelaide HospitalEnlisted 03 February 1919 at 15th A G HSent to Quarantine depot for InfluenzaDemobilized on account of reduction of staff 18 June 1919

MALE, Ada Caroline

Staff NurseAANS

Born St. Arnaud, Vic.Daughter of J MALEOf Logan P.G, Vic.Trained at Melbourne HospitalEnlisted 07 November 1917Embarked from Melbourne 26 November 1917 per 'Indarra'Served at Deccau War Hospital, Poona, IndiaReturned to Australia per 'City of Cairo' 31 March 1919Did not marryDied 07 May 1964 in Vic.​Resided Elsternwick, Vic.

MALONEY, May Agnes

Staff NurseAANS

Born c1893 Rockhampton, Queensland Daughter of John Joseph MALONEY/MOLONEY and Mary/Maria nee O'LAUGHLIN Of Eton Rd, North Rockhampton, Queensland Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse Enlisted: 1 May 1917 Embarkation: 9 May 1917 from Sydney per ‘Ulysses’ Age: 24 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia: 14 may 1919 per ‘City of Poona’ Nursing Staff Appointment Terminated: 19 June 1919Married James HOULIHAN in 1931Died 1969 in Qld.

Sister L.N. Malster, writing from Mena House, says that they have just left Lemnos Island, after many months of hard work, and she is pleased to say that there is not one of the staff left behind. Of all the sick sisters only one was carried off on a stretcher to the boat, but since they have been on the water she has recovered. The percentage of deaths among the patients was very low. During her stay on the island 7,000 patients went through their hands, and only 200 odd died. She thinks that is excellent considering the very bad cases of wounded, dysentry, and other diseases. As they were leaving the island she secured a number of good views, also a fine collection of curios, wheel, and some of the material made up. She has met several Hamilton Boys, and wishes to be remembered to all Hamilton friends. She was near the Pyramids (at the time of writing) but was on the move, and did not know where they were going. She has received several papers, including the 'Spectator' and the contents have been enjoyed by her patients, especially those from the Western district.

Hamilton Spectator Wednesday 01 March 1916 page 4

MANING, Mary Louisa Beresford

Staff NurseAANS

Born at sea on the Atlantic OceanDaughter of Marcus Anthony MANNING and Laura Louisa nee ROBINSONOf ‘Sumner’ Bambra Rd, Caufield, VictoriaOccupation prior to enlisting NurseTrained at the Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VictoriaEnlisted 23 April 1917Embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’Aged 27 yearsServed in Egypt & EnglandReturned to Australia 22 May 1919 per ‘Tras Montes’Appointment Terminated 6 July 1919Died in 31 August 1972 in Vic.​Resided Windsor, Vic.

MANN, Ella Jane

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1889 at Armidale, NSWDaughter of William John MANN and Mary nee ROBSONOf Hillgrove, NSWEnlisted 24 May 1917Aged 27 yearsEmbarked 09 June 1917 from Melbourne per 'Mooltan'Served in Salonika and EnglandReturned to Australia 03 October 1919 per 'Ceramic'Discharged as medically unfit 19 December 1919Married James Cameron RODGERDied 16 April 1977 in NSW

MANNING, Florence Agnes

Staff NurseAANS

Born Bendigo, Vic.Daughter of Mr. R. & Annie Craig MANNING Of College Ave, Claremont, WA Embarked 24 August 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Morea’ Enlisted in Cairo, Egypt on 10 March 1916 Aged 26 years Served in Egypt & England 10th Australian General Hospital, 1st Australian General Hospital Resigned due to be married on 23 April 1917 to Captain MitchellMarried Hugh William Fancourt MITCHELL Died 17 October 1949Buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Tristania Garden G3 Bed 5 Rose 23

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Kathryn Shapland,
Recollections of War Museum, Gallery and Library.

MANNING, Nellie Mabel

SisterAANS

Born 10 June 1891 at Tatura, VictoriaDaughter of Victor George MANNING and Emma Eliza nee HEARLEOf ‘Ravenstone’ Harston, VictoriaOccupation prior to enlisting NurseEnlisted 1 October 1918Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyreema’Aged 27 yearsServed at SalonikaReturned to Australia 28 January 1919 per ‘Wyreema’Appointment Terminated 11 February 1919Did not marryDied 02 August 1983Cremated Fawkner Cemetery, Vic.

MARCHANT, Jessey Jean

SisterAANS

Born 23 November 1886 at Mannanarie, South Australia Daughter of George & Jessey MARCHANT nee TRIMMER Of Burnside, South Australia Occupation prior to enlisting NurseTrained 3 years Adelaide Hospital Enlisted 9 July 1915 Embarked 17 July 1915 per 'Orsova' Aged 27 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia 11 April 1919 per ‘Balmoral Castle’ Appointment Terminated 7 July 1919Married Gordon Fenner TRIPP in South Africa in 1938Died in South Africa 1950

MARCHANT, Lucy Amy

Staff NurseAANS

Born 01 December 1884 at Mannanarie, SADaughter of George MARCHANT and Jessie nee TRIMMERSister of Eliza MARCHANTOf High St, Burnside, South Australia Occupation prior to enlisting: NurseTrained 4 years Private Hospital Wakefield St, Adelaide, South Australia Enlisted 5 November 1915 at Heliopolis, Egypt Embarked Transport ship ‘Orsova’ November 1915 Aged 31 Years Served in Egypt, Salonika & India Suffered from Enteric Fever Returned to Australia 24 December 1919 per ‘Medic’ Appointment Terminated 23 April 1920Died 1936 in South Africa

Miss Lucy Marchant and Miss Octavia Marchant arrived in Adelaide in the Ceramic this week from South Africa. Miss Lucy Marchant who is owner and matron of Carlington Private Hospital at Johannesburg, will spend six months' holiday with her sisters at Burnside. and Miss Octavia Marchant has returned to Adelaide after having spent 18 months in South Africa. Another sister, Miss Jean Marchant, is a partner in the hospital.

News Saturday 06 October 1934 page 6

OBITUARYThe sudden death In South Africa of Miss Lucy Amy Marchant late matron of the Carrington Private Hospital, Johannesburg, has deprived the nursing profession of a courageous worker. Born in Adelaide about 50 years ago Miss Marchant adopted nursing as her profession, and entered an Adelaide hospital for her training. When she completed her course, she was awarded the silver medal of her hospital for her year. In the Great War, Miss Marchant enlisted and served with the Australian Nursing Service for the whole period of the war, her duties taking her to Egypt, Salonika, and ultimately to India for the Afghan campaign of 1919. Salonika made in roads upon her health, but her indomitable courage always reinforced her strength. After the Afghan campaign and a period of recuperation at her home in Adelaide, she and her sister Jean left for South Africa in private practice, ultimately opening their own private hospital where they have practised their profession for the last five and a half years.

The Advertiser Thursday 07 May 1936 page 19

MARDON, Emily Clarice Lilla

Staff NurseAANS1st Australian General Hospital

Born 1890 at Brisbane, Qld.Daughter of Edward John MARDON and Charlotte Louisa nee COOLINGOf Lower Bowen Tce, Brisbane Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 12 June 1915 Embarked 12 June 1915 from Brisbane per ‘Karoola’ Aged 25 years Served in Egypt, France & England Returned to Australia per ‘Anchises’ Appointment terminated at own request on 19 January 1918 for family reasonsDied in Queensland in 1975

Photograph Sydney Mail Wednesday 28 July 1915 page 28

The Rev. John Egerton Jacob (eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob, Dover, England) was married to Miss Emily Clarice Lilla Mardon (second daughter of Mr. Ed. J. Mardon and the late Mrs. Mardon, of Albion) April 14, at the Valley Methodist Church. The Rev. Bernard Frederick officiated, and the bride was given away by her father. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at a city cafe. The Rev. and Mrs. John Egerton will take up work on the Papuan mission field. Blue Mountains for the honeymoon.

The Queenslander Saturday 05 June 1920 page 20

MARKS, Adelina

Staff NurseAANS

Born Adelina LEDERS 1880 in Ballarat East, Vic.Daughter of Jacob Mark LEDERS - later known as MARKS - and Rebekah/Rebecca nee TOBIASOf ‘Le Chalet’, Merchant St, Stranmore, Sydney, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting: Trained Nurse Enlisted: 7 December 1916 Embarkation: 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’ Age: 36 years Served in 27th & 14th Australian General Hospital, Egypt Returned to Australia: 13 March 1919 per ‘Ceramic’ Appointment Terminated: 15 April 1919Did not marryDied 09 August 1963 in Concord, Sydney, NSW

MARR, Mary Osborne Margery

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1884 at Petersham, Sydney, NSWDaughter of Harry Frank MARR and Alice Augusta nee OSBORNEOf Liberty St, Stanmore, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse Enlisted 10 September 1917 Embarked 16 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Malta’ Aged 32 years Served in Bombay, India Returned to Australia 10 January 1920 per ‘Mataram’ Appointment Terminated 25 January 1920Married John Stuart CAMPBELL in 1921Died 24 June 1956 in Marrickville, NSWCAMPBELL-MARRDr. John Stuart Campbell, of Marrlckviile, and Miss Mary Osborne Margery Marr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Marr, of Newnham, Stanmore, and Moss Vale, were married at St Philip's Church,on the evening of the 14th April,by the Rev. Canon B Bedinham. The bride, Sister Marr, after nursing for about three years at Randwick Military Hospital, enlisted for active service abroad with the A IF, and returned quite recently from India, wore a bridal gown of ivory charmense veiled in silk net and Limerick lace ; her sisters, Daisy and Edith, in pale blue and pink, were bridesmaids ; little Miss Patricia Rae and Master Billy Campbell acted as train bearers ; Captain R. M. Teece and Mr Fred Lingley, best man and groomsman, respectively. A reception was held afterwards at the' Wentworth'. where the bride's mother, in a gown of pale grey charmense veiled in georgette and black panne hat touched with silver and black ostrich tips, received upwards of one hundred guests The dining hall of the 'Wentworth' was decorated with beautiful pink, flowers for the occasion. Mrs. Campbell's going away dress was of lime shade charmense with touches of pale green, hat black trimmed with gold tissue.

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press Wednesday 21 April 1920 page 2

MARRON, Sara May (Marie)

Staff NurseQueen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

Born 1874 at Geelong, Vic.Daughter of Edward and Sara MARRONOf 'Aylesbury', Hawthorn, Vic.Embarked for UK per 'Orontes' 14 April 1915Joined QAIMNSR 09 June 1915Sent to FranceNo 3 General Hospital 01 August 1915 Transferred to S Midland Casualty Clearing Station 08 December 1915'Staff Nurse Marron has proved a reliable nurse, methodical in her work, fairly tactful in her management of orderlies. Is very kind and willing. Fairly quiet at her work. Has given general satisfaction.'2 General Hospital 05 March 1916England on leave 05 May 1916 - 17 June 19162 General Hospital 24 June 191625 Ambulance Train 08 August 191613 General Hospital 16 August 191625 Ambulance Train 22 August 19166 General Hospital 12 September 1916Resigned 27 November 1916 'dissatisfied with the conditions of the British Nursing Service''I must decline to make any further explanation, but will be obliged, if you will, at your earliest possible convenience accept my resignation, as I find my position Intolerable.'To England resigning 08 January 1917Embarked for Australian 13 February 1917 per 'Iona'Resided 'Aylesbury', Hawthorn, Vic.Did not marryDied 21 January 1954Resided 162 Power Street, Hawthorn, Vic.Privately interred at Brighton Cemetery

MARSDEN, Nora Lydia

SisterQueen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Born 24 March 1884 at CreiveParents living at Maritzburg, Natal, South AfricaTrained Sydney Hospital, NSW 01 May 1910 - 01 May 1914Did Private Medical and Surgical nursing in Africa from August 1914 - March 1915Arrived in UK from Durban, South Africa 24 March 1915 per 'Balmoral Castle'Enlisted 10 August 1915Residing at St. Jame's Home, WalthamstowTransferred to Warrington 02 February 1916Renewed Contract 01 August 1916Embarked for Egypt 23 August 1917Arrived Egypt 26 September 1917Posted to 68 General Hospital 28 September 1917Served at 78 General Hospital, Palestine 30 July 1918Suffered from Amoebic Dysentery 30 July 1918Invalided home to England 30 January 1919 per 'Duncluce Castle'At Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot, UK 18 February 1919Sailed for South Africa 18 February 1920 per 'S.S, Rugia'Demobilised 18 February 1920

MARSH, Elsie May

SisterAANS2nd AGH

Born 1886 in VictoriaDaughter of Henry MARSH and Mary Ann nee HISCOCKSOf Coomandook, SATrained at Adelaide Public HospitalEnlisted 15 August 1914Embarked from Egypt 18 January 1916 per H S 'Formosa'Admitted to No 3 AGH Cairo with Appendicitis 30 June 1916Rejoined unit 11 August 1916 in EgyptProceeded overseas to England per 'Kanowna' 13 August 1916Duty at No 2 Australian Auxillary Hospital, Southall 17 October 1916Transferred to No 3 Australian Auxillary Hospital 22 October 1916Returned to Australia per 'Suevic' Nursing Staff 27 September 1917Married Joseph Horace DOWNING in 1918Died 1959 in Heidelberg, Vic.Aged 72 yearsCremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery - No further details

PARTED IN EGYPT 23 YEARS AGO

Nurses Meet TodayIn 1915 two nursing sisters in Egypt were parted, having been sent to different hospitals. Today, at the Returned Sisters' Sub-branch dinner, they met again for the first time in 23 years. Sister ElsieMarsh (now Mrs. Downing, of Melbourne) and Sister Margaret Mann were the nurses. The dinner was a happy one, with the scarlet capes and white dresses of the nurses harmonising with the white tables and red flowers. Many df them arrived soaked after the morning's march. Shoes and stockings were discarded in the lounge .Sister M. Daphne Smith led the nurses in the absence of the matron of the 4th Military District (Sister Sinclair Wood), and Sister Bottrill, president of the sub-branch placed a wreath on the Cross of Sacrifice. Visitors from New Zealand, Victoria, and New South Wales were present at the dinner, besides war-time nurses from Peterborough, Port Pirie, Moorook, Port Lincoln, Orroroo, Spalding, Gladstone. Murray Bridge, Burra, and Eden Valley.Sister F. E. Pritchard. who has nursed soldiers longer than anyone else in Australia according to her fellow-nurses, was at the head of one table. She left in 1914, spent the war years in overseas hospitals, and was in repatriation hospitals until 12 months ago, when she retired. She lives at Unley Park. Several of the sisters at the dinner left with the first contingent of soldiers in the Kyarra in October, 1914

Awarded Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 25 July 1917Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1544, position 34Date of London Gazette: 23 February 1917Location in London Gazette: Page 1952, position 5

AT THE FRONT.'CAN'T GET PINS.' A NURSE AT THE WAR.

Nurse Kitty Marshall, who is on the H.M.A.S. 'Gascon,' doing hospital duty between the Dardanelles and Alexandria, writes her brother, Mr A. Marshall, manager of Gundagai Butter Factory, telling of hospital work. In course of her letter, the nurse says :--'Well, we are almost at Alexandria again, on our fourth trip, with about 500 wounded on board. We have had a very heavy trip, lasting about a fortnight. We have been operating day and night, and I am beginning to feel very weary. However, we have finished this stunt, and will have a rest for a few days until we get back again.'It is very hard for me to write a letter, and tell you things I would like to. The censorship is so strict that it leaves one practically nothing to write about.Writing later, Nurse Marshall says : — 'I wrote you a few days ago when we were approaching Alexandria, how we have returned, and are at the Dardanelles again, at a place, called Gaba Tepe, where the Australian attack was made. There was a battle- ship called the Albion beached, and the Turks were plugging away at herin great style. We watched her for a long time. Then they towed her off, and she was safe. It was wonderful how the shells just missed her— they were simply falling all around her. I have some photos of it which I will send you. 'Yesterday afternoon we came down to Madross Bay, Lemnos. to wait till we are required, as there seems to be a cessation of hostilities at the Dardanelles —waiting for reinforcements, or something. The ''Sicilia,' -the boat I was on first, is lying close to us. This is a safe harbour, and has a boom, that is a torpedo net, stretched across the opening to the harbour. This is open a little in the daytime, but closed at night. There is a 'sub- marine scare at present; but then there nearly always is something of the kind. I like this life very much— it is ever so much nicer than being at a base hospital, grinding away day after day. On this stunt we never have the pa tients more than a week at the outside, and often only for three days. Of course, I told you I have the operating room, and am very pleased with it. For general hospitals two huge hotels have been taken. Mena is being retained, and Ehesirch Palace has been taken for an hospital. They have about 1,000 patients in each. It must be awfully hard work. 'Got 75 sheets of paper and 50 envelopes for 1s 3d. Alexan dria is an awful place to shop in. Hard to got anything you want. Many drapers, for instan ce never stock pins. One has to go to the milliner for pins. I don't like Alexandria nearly so well as Cairo. I simply lov ed the bazaars, etc.. .there. How ever, Alexandria seems more cosmopolitan, and is really much less eastern than Cairo.

Sister Marshall, who has been mentioned in despatches, is a daughter of the late Mr. T W. Marshall, of the Australian Joint Stock Bank, and was trained at the Sydney Hospital, being for several years Sister in charge of the main operating theatre at that institution. She was attached to the Australian Army Nursing Service, and left with the first expeditionary force for Egypt. Sister Marshall first went on duty at Mena House, and from there she was sent to organise the hospital at Ismalia, prior to the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal, and subsequently returned to Heliopolis. From there she went on to Mudros Bay, and witnessed the landing at Gaba Tepe on April 25, 1915. When the first batch of wounded came on board she was on duty in the operating theatre for 22 consecutive hours, for which magnificent service she was mentioned in despatches. Sister Marshall was on duty when the late General Bridges was brought on board wounded, and she continued on duty on the Gascon for five months, while this boat was conveying the wounded from Anzac to Malta and Alexandria. She then went to England, and when her last letter was received at Sydney, she was on duty at No. 3 General Hospital, Wadsworth, London, but was eagerly awaiting orders to return to the front.

Sydney Morning Herald Friday 14 January 1916 page 3

MARSHALL, Mary

SisterAANS

Born 10 September 1894 at Coalville, Victoria Daughter of Gilbert MARSHALL and Mary Ann nee TAYLOR Of Coalville, Gippsland, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 25 July 1917 Embarked 7 September 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Kyarra’ Aged 22 years Served in Bombay, India Alexandra War Hospital, Colaba War Hospital & Hospital Ship “Secilia’ Returned to Australia 6 May 1919 per ‘Eastern’ Appointment Terminated 15 June 1919Married Malcolm Herbert Gordon BRITTS and lived in England until returning with her family.Died 16 February 1998 in NSWAged 104

MARTIN, Alice Maud

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1888 at Canning Hills, Perth, WADaughter of George Kersley MARTIN and Rosean Sarah nee MARKWELLOf 'The Mount' Kelmscott, WAAge 27 yearsEnlisted 25 May 1915Embarked 25 June 1915Service in Egypt and FranceIll with Influenza 3 times in 1916Resigned appointment 25 March 1918 in London due to marriageDied 07 June 1987

MARTIN, Brij

SisterAANS

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MARTIN, Elizabeth (Bessie)

SisterAANS

Born 13 December 1887 in Stratford via Cairns, Queensland Daughter of George Edward & Catherine MARTIN nee MORGAN Of Tolga via Cairns, Queensland Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 16 March 1917 Embarked 21 March 1917 at Sydney per ‘Kanowna’ Aged 29 years Served in Salonika Returned to Australia 7 May 1919 per ‘Kildonian Castle’ Appointment Terminated 14 June 1919 as Medically unfitWent to Canada after the war and married Ernest Victor BOXALLReturned to Australia from CanadaDied 19 July 1972 at Concord, NSW

Miss Bessie Martin, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. G E Martin, Tolga, cables from Cairo all well. As a war nurse Miss Martin at one time matron of Atherton Hospital, has seen much service. By a recent mail she forwarded copies of 'The Balkan News' published at Salonica.

MARTIN, Mary Ann May

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1886 at Cooranbong, NSWDaughter of Patrick MARTIN and Mary Ann nee GRAVESOf Marbinsville near Cooranbong, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 11 September 1917 in Sydney, NSW Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyeema’ Aged 31 years Served in SalonikaReturned to AustraliaDied 09 November 1945 in Petersham, NSWBuried Cooranbung Cemetery

WAR NURSE'S DEATH.SYDNEY, October 25.The death occurred suddenly at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, on Wednesday, of Sister Mary Theresa Martin, one of the nursing sisters. Born at Rockhampton, Miss Martin was trained as a nurse there, and subsequently joined the staff of the Newcastle Hospital. On the outbreak of the war she offered for active service abroad, and sailed from Sydney on the Kyarra for Egypt, where she was attached to No. 2 Australian Hospital. She afterwards went to France, where she was several times under shell fire. Sister Martin left England for Australia on the day the Armistice was signed, and upon arrival in Sydney took up duty at the Prince of Wales Hospital. She had been continuously there for more than 10 years. The interment took place yesterday in the Roman Catholic portion of the Botany cemetery. There was a large gathering, including many nurses from the Prince of Wales Hospital, doctors, and returned soldiers. The service at the graveside was conducted by Father O'Loughlin. The chief mourners were Miss Margaret Martin. Miss A. Burke, Mrs. W. A.Reid. Mr. J. D. Reid, and Mr. P. J.Martin (cousins). Dr. Rutledge represented the Department of Repatriation, and the officials of the Prince of Wales Hospital.

The Brisbane Courier Saturday 26 October 1929 page 28

MARUM, Isabel Catherine (Belle)

SisterAANS

Born 14 February 1890 at Yackandanah, VictoriaDaughter of Pierce Luke MARUM and Julia nee KINGHINGTONOf Wodonga, VictoriaOccupation prior to enlisting: NurseEnlisted 6 December 1916Embarked 26 December 1916 at Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’Aged 26 yearsServed in Salonika & EnglandReturned to Australia 16 January 1920 per ‘Pt Macquarie’ Nursing StaffDischarged as medically unfit 05 June 1920Did not marryDied 01 May 1961 in NSW​Late of Marrickville, NSW

MARUM, Julia Elizabeth (Bess)

SisterAANS

Born 1888 in Kiewa, Victoria Daughter of Pierce Luke MARUM and Julia nee KINGHINGTON Of Kirgunyah, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Nurse Enlisted 22 August 1916 Embarked 22 August 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’ Aged 26 years Served in Salonika Returned to Australia 16 January 1920 per ‘Pt Macquarie’ Nursing Staff Appointment Terminated 11 April 1920Died 07 December 1980 in Vic.

MASON, Dorothy

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1892 at Shepparton Victoria Daughter of Asline Collett MASON and Annie Rae Nesbitt nee WELSHMAN Of Maid St, Shepparton, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Trained Nurse Enlisted 16 April 1917 Embarked 21 April 1917 from Melbourne per ‘No 1 HS’ Aged 27 years Served at 1st Australian Army Hospital Harefield, England & France Due to being married in England Fiance: RSMS H.J. WILLIAMS 1st Australian Army Hospital, HarefieldResigned appointment due to marriage in UK 11 February 1919Died 1973 in NSW

RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SINGERS WIFE

Exacting Demands

"To be the wife of a celebrated singer does not necessarily mean merely a round of brilliant concerts and glittering receptions. It is a job which makes the most exacting demands upon a woman's patience, and requires the exercise of tact and diplomacy at all times.

THAT is the view of Mrs. Harold Williams, wife of the Australian baritone, who arrived with him and their twin daughters in Melbourne on Friday under engagement to the Australian Broadcasting Commission.

This is Mr. and Mrs. Williams first visit to their homeland since 1930.

"It is sometimes very nerve racking and as much a strain for me as for my husband before a big concert or similar engagement," Mrs. Williams said. "All artists are temperamental and need much care and looking after and I make that my job. My husband must always have his proper rest and proper food before a concert I have always prepared his food and we work to a proved and regular plan.

First there is a roast dinner about one o'clock and my husband has his rest. I always have a cup of tea ready for him when he wakes and then two hours before he is due to appeal I prepare a grilled Dover sole. Of course that was in England. Do you suppose whiting or flounder would do as well here? Mrs Williams wondered with a smile.

Although she is not herself a musician Mrs Williams admits that she is one of her husband's keenest critics and at the same time one of his greatest admirers as an artist. But she has no particular preference for any of the varied types or music in his repertoire.

Mrs Williams says that her greatest thrill came when her husband was chosen to sing for the second successive year at the Queens Hall London last May in the performance of Beethovens Ninth Symphony-the Choral Symphony. The conductor she said was Toscanini The Duke and Duchess of Kent were there and the Prime Minister Mr Chamberlain-minus his umbrella, of course. It was really magnificent and the most thrilling concert for me in fifteen years.

In recent years Mis Williams confesses her interests have had to be divided between her husband and their attractive twin daughters,Veronica and Vernita, aged seventeen years. The girls have been at boarding school for the last four years, and with pardonable pride their mother recalled that they had won the junior tennis doubles championship of Sussex last year, and the cups they have won are pushing their father's gold cups from the shelves at their home at Selsey Hill, Sussex.

The house is called Boomerang. Boomerangs surmount its gate and its front door, and are conspicuous in the decorative scheme elsewhere. In this way Mr. and Mrs. Williams have endeavoured to allay their nostalgia for Australia. The summer is spent in Sussex, where Mrs.Williams is able to indulge in her love of gardening, and the rest of the year at their flat in Marylebone, where she is able to indulge in her other hobby, the collection of antiques.

Before her marriage Mrs. Williams was Miss Dorothy Mason, of Shepparton, Victoria. She served as an Australian Army nurse during the Great War, and she was serving at the Harefield Hospital in 1918 when she met Mr. Williams. They were married in 1919. Mrs. Williams put her nursing training to use recently among evacueesin Sussex, while her daughters worked as assistants in a canteen tor evacuees.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams will remain in Melbourne for about a week before coming on to Sydney.

A Melbourne photograph of Mr and Mrs Harold Williams and their twin daughters, Veronica and Vernita

MATHEWS, Amy Holloway

SisterAANS

Born 1883 at Newcastle, NSWDaughter of William MATHEWS and Sarah Ann nee WATKINSOf Newcastle, NSW Occupation prior to enlisting: Nurse Enlisted 14 July 1915 Embarked 14 July 1915 from Sydney per ‘Orsova’ Aged 30 years Served in England & France Returned to Australia 16 August 1919 per ‘Konig Louise’ Appointment Terminated 15 October 1919Read more here

MATHEWS, Jessie May

SisterAANS

Born 1891 Ballarat East, Victoria Daughter of Martin Luther MATHEWS and Elizabeth nee McLAREN Of 342 New St, Elstermoid, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting NurseTrained 4 years Ballarat Hospital Enlisted 21 April 1917 Embarked 12 June 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Mooltan’ Aged 25 years Served at Salonika Returned to Australia 9 March 1920 per ‘Friedrichsruh’Discharged as medically unfit 31 July 1920Did not marryDied 19 April 1955 in Brighton, Vic.Cremated Springvale Botanical Cemetery 21 April 1955 and ashes scattered

MATHEWS, Maude Ellen Lydia

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1884 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, EnglandDaughter of Benjamin Charles MATTHEWS and Elizabeth Jane (Lilly) nee GOODRICHSister of Miss MATHEWSOf Vessel St., Semaphore, SAEnlisted 27 March 1918Aged 32 yearsReported for duty at No 15 A G H 27 March 1918Transferred to Nunyara 27 May 1918Transferred to No 18 A G H 25 July 1918Volunteered to nurse Influenza and left for WA 28 December 1918Returned from WA via East West Train 29 May 1919Demobilized 19 June 1919Did not marryDied 09 February 1970 at Semaphore, SAAged 85 yearsResided Semaphore, SA

﻿MAWSON, Beatrice Mary (Bea)﻿

SisterQueen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Born England 1881Daughter of Frederick William MAWSON and Mary nee MULLARDOf 'Erskine' Barloa Road, Mont Albert, Vic.Trained at Castlemaine, Vic.Joined QAIMNSR 14 May 1915Served No 17 British General Hospital, AlexandriaServed on HMHS Dunluce Castle'Miss B M Mawson has worked under my care for the last four months. During that time her nursing work has been satisfactory and she manages her patients well and is very capable - S F Haywood, Acting Matron HMHS Dunluce Castle'Appointment terminated 14 May 1917Returned to Australia owing to the death of her father 13 June 1917Torpedoed on way home, after war at Caulfield, then Holmsdale Nursing & Convalescent Home Died 09 April 1975 in Vic.Resided Surrey Hills, Vic.​Beatrice Mary Mawson, known as ‘Bea’ trained at and graduated as a nurse from the Castlemaine Hospital Nurse Training School. Having been born in England, in 1915, Beatrice, aged 34 years of age, enlisted with the British forces. Her war service record was distinguished and by 1917 she had attained the rank of Captain. There is no record of the affect that her work during WW1 had on her, but Beatrice experienced much the horror of this war through her care of the wounded. Her first posting was at the 17th British Hospital at Alexandria.

Built as the Victoria College in 1902, the 17th British Hospital at Alexandria was an impressive building in which an English-style education was provided to students of Muslim, Jewish and European backgrounds. In 1915 the school was transferred elsewhere and the building was modified to provide in excess of 2000 hospital beds. In the 20 months she was stationed there, Beatrice nursed innumerable casualties from Gallipoli, including those from the gruesome August 1915 Lonesome Pine engagement. In recognition of her work here she received 2 stripes for honorable and distinguished service.

Alexandria was a far cry from Surrey Hills. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald described it, at about the time Beatrice arrived, as a cosmopolitan city with significant populations of Greeks, Italians and Jews, overlaid by the influx of Australian and European troops. As well as the impressive buildings very European in style, such as Victoria College, there was the contrast of tribal Arabs living in traditional tents.

Beatrice’s next appointment was to the transport conveys making the dangerous trip across the Channel between Le Havre and the English coast. She made 23 such trips. On one of these, hers was the only ship out of seven to make it across the Channel safely.

If these experiences were not enough, in June 1917, Beatrice was granted furlough back to Australia, but had the misfortune to be on the P&O vessel the ‘RMS Mongolia’ which was sunk in the Bay of Bengal after hitting a mine. The sinking was reported in the Argus but with few details, which must have made for additionally anxious times for the family. A few months later, visiting friends in Castlemaine, Beatrice described the sinking and rescue in an interview for the Castlemaine newspaper.

Entitled ‘Adventures of a Castlemaine nurse’ - extract dated 18 August 1917: “One morning, as she was playing deck quoits, there was a terrific explosion. She was thrown down on her face, and precipitated down the companion way. The vessel had struck a mine. Simultaneously steam and smoke were issuing in noisy, forbidding clouds, and debris flying about in all directions. The mine had struck the boast aft on the starboard side, and almost immediately the vessel began to sink. The passengers and crew, who numbered 400, showed a marvelous self-possession and fortitude, going to their respective boat stations in silence, waiting for the order to step into the life-boats. … At the time of the calamity a monsoonal storm was raging, and the boats were tossed about like cockle-shells. It was thought that the boats would not be able to live in such a sea. The men, however, rowed for their lives, hoping against hope. After four hours of anxious battling, land was sighted, which proved to be the coast of India, 40 miles south of Bombay. Their landing was made with great difficulty, as the approach was rocky and precipitous. … During the explosion many were injured, and several of these had to get what surgical treatment could be improvised. One unfortunate winch-man who had been shockingly scalded, had to have his burns dressed with the clothing the women wore. This was torn into strips, soaked in crude oil, and applied. A returned soldier, who had sustained a fracture of the leg, was provided with splints made from one of the oars, and here again the women cheerfully gave up some of the scanty clothing they wore to pad the splints and bandage some of the fracture.”

Following the cessation of hostilities and her return to Australia, Beatrice worked at the Caulfield Military Hospital.

Beatrice returned to Melbourne and in mid-1932 she was appointed as the first Matron of the Gresswell Sanatorium at Mont Park. It was a small facility dedicated to treating patients with tuberculosis and was somewhat isolated from suburbia with a distinctively rural feel. Initially the facility had only 140 beds but Harriet’s role was also administrative – it was she who was responsible for all the initial staffing and equipping of the wards. Gresswell was a self-sufficient community which included a dairy and vegetable farm, a plant nursery and parklands. In 1965 the hospital farm was closed and in 1968 the hospital itself closed. The land was divided between Latrobe University, which continued to use some of the buildings and land for a new housing estate.

Courtesy of Sue Barnett and Surrey Hills Historical Society

MAWSON, Harriet Godden/Golden

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1885 in Kensington, Vic.Daughter of Frederick William MAWSON and Mary nee MULLARDOf Barloa Rd, Mont Albert, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Trained Nurse Trained at Hamilton Hospital, VictoriaEnlisted 27 April 1917Embarked 09 May 1917 from Sydney per 'A38'Aged 31 yearsServed in EnglandReturned to Australia: 15 May 1919 per ‘Dunluce Castle’Appointment terminated 05 July 1919After the war she was at Duntroon and Caulfield, then HolmsdaleDid not marryDied 13 January 1976 in Vic.Aged 90 yearsBuried Springvale Botanical Cemetery. Banksia, Wall J, Niche 98

Harriet Godden Mawson, known as ‘Hadge’, trained at Hamilton Hospital. She passed the final nurses’ examinations on 23 December 1914 and spent a further 2 and a half years there until at age 31, she enlisted for AIF service on 8 May 1917. She embarked for active duty on HMAT (His Majesty's Australian Transport) 'Ulysses' on 9 May 1917 and departed from Sydney bound for Plymouth. Her war service was spent in a number of military hospitals in the UK including at Croydon, Weymouth and Dartford. She and her younger sister Muriel both left England to return to Australia on 15 March 1919 and she was discharged on 5 July 1919.

It is not known what Harriet did immediately after discharge, but on 12 November 1921 she was appointed as Sister-in-charge, and very soon after as the first Matron, of the Royal Military Hospital at Duntroon. She remained at Duntroon until the Royal Military Hospital there closed on 12 December 1930, by which time she was 45 years old. This seems to have been a particularly happy time in her career. Her references from both the Commanders she served under were glowing; one speaks of her being “kind and sympathetic but at the same time firm with patients and [possessing] the respect of all who have come under her care and the affection of the staff cadets.” It must have been a disappointment for her that the hospital closed.

Harriet returned to Melbourne and in mid-1932 she was appointed as the first Matron of the Gresswell Sanatorium at Mont Park. It was a small facility dedicated to treating patients with tuberculosis and was somewhat isolated from suburbia with a distinctively rural feel. Initially the facility had only 140 beds but Harriet’s role was also administrative – it was she who was responsible for all the initial staffing and equipping of the wards. Gresswell was a self-sufficient community which included a dairy and vegetable farm, a plant nursery and parklands. In 1965 the hospital farm was closed and in 1968 the hospital itself closed. The land was divided between Latrobe University, which continued to use some of the buildings and land for a new housing estate.

Harriet resigned from her position as Matron of Gresswell in September 1937. It was accepted with regret. She was 57 years old and the remainder of her nursing career was with her sisters at ‘Holmsdale’ in Surrey Hills

Courtesy of Sue Barnett and Surrey Hills Historical Society

Source: Nephew John Howden - This is a photo of Bea, Harriet, Muriel and Ethel Mawson, date unknown but before 1915 when Ethel married and would have ceased working.

Courtesy of Sue Barnett

MAWSON, Muriel

Staff NurseAANS

Born 1889 in Carlton, VictoriaDaughter of Frederick William MAWSON and Mary nee MULLARD Step Mother Catherine MAWSON Of ‘Erskine’ Barloa Rd, Mont Albert, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting Trained NurseTrained 3 years at Castlemaine Hospital, Victoria Enlisted 2 May 1917 Embarked 11 May 1917 from Melbourne per ‘Ascanius’ Aged 27 years Served in England Returned to Australia 15 May 1919 per ‘Dunluce Castle’Appointment Terminated 5 July 1919After the war she was at Caulfield then HolmsdaleDid not marryDied 29 June 1979 in Vic.Aged 89 yearsBuried Springvale Botanical Cemetery Banksia, Wall J, Niche 102.

Muriel Mawson, was nick-named ‘Mouse’ during her overseas service and the name stuck. Like her eldest sister Beatrice, she trained at Castlemaine Hospital and successfully graduated in the Royal Victorian Nurses Association exams in November 1914. She enlisted as a staff nurse on 11 April 1917 and a month later embarked for overseas service on HMAT (His Majesty's Australian Transport) 'Ascanius', aged 27 years of age. Like Harriet, she spent her was years in English military hospitals. In this respect her service record parallels Harriet’s with Croydon, Weymouth and Dartford Hospitals mentioned in her AIF records. One presumes that their time at these hospitals overlapped. She too departed the UK for return to Australia on 15 March 1919. For some time at least she also worked at Caulfield Military Hospital, as this is the address for her in the 1931 electoral roll

Courtesy of Sue Barnettand Surrey Hills Historical Society

MAXWELL, Minnie

Staff NurseNon AIF

Possibly born in Ireland.Arrived in Australia on 20 November 1915 per ‘HMAT Suevic’ nursing staff Granted free passage in return for Nursing services Embarked 16 March 1916 per ‘Orsova’ returning on duty Returned to Australia 23 March 1920 per ‘Ceramic’Did not marryDied 10 June 1936 in Melbourne, Vic.Buried 13 June 1936 at St. Kilda Cemetery, Vic. Independent, Compartment D, Grave 99.Aged 64 years

Awarded Royal Red Cross

ROYAL RED CROSS.Sister M. Maxwell, R.T.V.N.A., A.T.N.A., formerly of Melbourne and Sydney, has been awarded the Royal Red Cross for distinguished services in nursing the Belgian and British wounded in France, and also for an extended period of service in the transports between France and England, and further service with the Australian wounded. She is now acting as matron in a munition factory In Coventry.

Sydney Morning Herald Monday 05 March 1917 page 7MISS MINNIE MAXWELL

The death took place in hospital in Melbourne on Saturday of Miss Minnie Maxwell, a trained nurse, and a member of the Imperial Royal Red Cross Nursing Association of London. She served for five years with British and Australian troops, and at the end of the war was appointed matron of the Coventry (England) munitions factory. She held the Mons Star of 1914.

The funeral will be at the St Kilda cemetery tomorrow morning

The Argus Monday 12 June 1939 page 2

MAYOR, Marguerita Frances

Staff NurseAANS

Born 31 July 1890 at Appila Yarrowie, SADaughter of Herbert MAYOR and Helen Maria nee PEACOCKC/0 English & Scottish Bank Clare, South Australia Occupation prior to enlisting NurseTrained 4 years North Adelaide Private Hospital Enlisted 26 November 1918 at Keswick, South Australia Embarked 14 October 1918 from Sydney per ‘Wyreema’ Aged 27 years Disembarked Cape Town, South Africa on 23 November 1918 for discharge Appointment Terminated 8 December 1918 Married James Melvin WARD in 1929Died December 1975 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USABuried Fairplains Cemetery

American women are facing up to all kinds of minor war-time shortages and regulations, and doing it cheerfully, too, says Mrs. J. M. Ward, just returned to South Australia from the United States.SHE was Miss Marguerita Mayor, of Kent Town, and is the widow of Dr. J. M. Ward, Florida. Here are talking points from her homelike picture of America at war. Mrs. and Miss America arewearing rayon stockings now, but finer than ours. They can't get elastic for their underwear or new irons, toasters, or washing machines. Clothing is still un-rationed, except for shoes. Three pairs are allowed each year. Sandals and play shoes still aren't rationed. Good quality clothes are in short supply, and prices have sky rocketed. GENEROUS RATION Meat, tinned foods, butter, and oils are rationed on a generous points system. Vegetable substitutes are being used instead of butter. One popular variety is sold with the yellow coloring matter wrapped separately. This is mixed in by the housewife. The millions of Americans who eat canned foods are now asked to help salvage collectors. They must remove tops and bottoms from the tin and squash them flat to save space. WEEKLY PETROL Private car owners get two American gallons of petrol a week.This seems a lot to Australians, but it is a very severe restriction to Americans who used cars a great deal before the war. "Travelling is so difficult that most people have got so they don't try to go places," said Mrs. Ward.Before coming to Australia she made the 2.000-mile trip from her home in St. Petersburg, Florida to Los Angeles, by bus. The trip took seven days, and during that time she slept in a bed on only one night. They hanged buses at all hours and 22 standing passengers on the second day, and often couldn't get anything more to eat than hot dogs. and hamburgers.NURSING JOB For four months, while she was waiting a passage home, Mrs. Ward went back to her profession of nursing. An Australian woman doctor friend in San Francisco told her the nursing shortage was acute. At first she nursed at chinese hospital, then turned to private work. Once she met a party of 25 Australian ex-prisoners of war being repatriated from Germany.Another time she made friends with a recently arrived Australian war bride, who went to the same church. This girl told her she earned as much in six days in America as in a month in Brisbane. Years in the United States have given Mrs. Ward an American intonation to her speech, and a sincere love of her adopted country. She went there first in 1927 but has been back in Australia several times.News Tuesday 18 July 1944 page 5Mrs. Marguerita Ward, widow of Dr. J. M. Ward. of St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.A., with Mr. S. Owen Livingston, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A. Mrs. Ward, who is the eldest daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Mayor, will be married in Florida at the end of December.

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